[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[S. 1846 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1846

To permit duty free treatment for certain articles provided by the Max 
   Planck Institute for Radioastronomy and the Arcetri Astrophysical 
                Observatory to the Steward Observatory.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 6, 1996

    Mr. Kyl introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To permit duty free treatment for certain articles provided by the Max 
   Planck Institute for Radioastronomy and the Arcetri Astrophysical 
                Observatory to the Steward Observatory.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ARTICLES PROVIDED TO STEWARD OBSERVATORY.

    (a) Articles Provided by Max Planck Institute.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (f) of section 240 of the Trade 
        and Tariff Act of 1984 (98 Stat. 2994) is amended by striking 
        ``and before November 1, 1993''.
            (2) Technical amendments.--
                    (A) Section 240(a)(1)(A) of such Act is amended by 
                striking ``headnote 6(a) of part 4 of schedule 8 of the 
                Tariff Schedules of the United States (19 U.S.C. 
                1202)'' and inserting ``U.S. note 6(a) of subchapter X 
                of chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
                United States (19 U.S.C. 3007)''.
                    (B) Section 240(e) of such Act is amended by 
                striking ``headnote 1 of part 4 of schedule 8 (19 
                U.S.C. 1202)'' and inserting ``U.S. note 1 of 
                subchapter X of chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff 
                Schedule of the United States''.
            (3) Effective date.--
                    (A) In general.--The amendments made by this 
                subsection shall apply with respect to articles 
                entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, 
                on or after the date that is 15 days after the date of 
                the enactment of this Act.
                    (B) Reliquidation.--Notwithstanding section 514 of 
                the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other 
                provision of law, upon a request filed with the Customs 
                Service on or before the 90th day after the date of the 
                enactment of this Act, any entry, or withdrawal from 
                warehouse for consumption, of an article--
                            (i) that was made after October 31, 1993, 
                        and before the 15th day after the date of the 
                        enactment of this Act, and
                            (ii) with respect to which there would have 
                        been no duty, if the amendments made by this 
                        subsection applied to such entry,
                shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though such 
                entry or withdrawal occurred on the 15th day after the 
                date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Telescope Components, Parts, and Equipment Provided by Arcetri 
Astrophysical Observatory and Max Planck Institute.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury is 
        authorized and directed to admit free of duty on and after the 
        date that is 15 days after the date of the enactment of this 
        Act, the large binocular telescope components, parts, and 
        equipment provided by the Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory and 
        the Max Planck Institute for use by the Steward Observatory of 
        the University of Arizona.
            (2) Reliquidation.--If the liquidation of the entry of the 
        article described in paragraph (1) has become final before the 
        date that is 15 days after the date of the enactment of this 
        Act, the entry shall, notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, be reliquidated on such date of enactment, in accordance 
        with the provisions of this subsection and the appropriate 
        refund of duty made at the time of such reliquidation.
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